Quotes About Authenticity

Poppy doesn't really like interviews.

The voice is probably supposed to have some cracks and pops and some mistakes in it.

There are many things that I've learned through the characters that I've played. But one thing that pops up in my head is 'always be honest.'

I feel the same way about makeup that I do about food - I don't want the big companies to give me my food. I want the niche mom and pops who care about their food making it. I don't want the Kraft cheese, I want the niche cheese.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

I can't do something just because it's popular.

If you want to do something, then you do it. If you don't want to do something, don't just do it because your friends are doing it, or because all the popular kids are doing it.

You don't always have to be popular and do things everyone else is doing.

Popular kids don't necessarily know who they are because they're so busy trying to conform. It's the outcasts who are more attuned to who they are. They're more self-aware, more real.

There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but there's nothing behind them.

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world.

I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

I never know if a song's going to be popular so I don't select them with that in mind. All I can do is follow my heart and my gut and go for songs that make me feel great.

I'm not trying to become popular.

We tell girls to be themselves, but then they have role models - sometimes too many role models - in popular culture who incarnate that kind of disconnectedness from oneself. We are taught to self-hate; we are taught to doubt. Our culture doesn't help us recognize ourselves as amazing beings without changing ourselves.

I try to create something that draws you in without overthinking it. Something that resonates with you automatically that you don't have to think about. That's what the best pop is about: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Nirvana - these guys made some of the most authentic and popular music.

I don't like it when people spout about the popular opinion just to make it louder.

I love to play, and I love the sport, but I don't play it to gain popularity.

I've never courted popularity.